Per TPM, the President said, “There was apparently a headline after the Massachusetts election. The Village Voice announced that Republicans win a 41-59 majority. It’s worth thinking about. We still have to lead.”

“Good scolding!” says the American Prospect‘s Ezra Klein. Not everyone is pleased. “The President just quoted the far Left Village Voice,” says Sean Hackbarth Online Communications Advisor to the Senate Republican Conference. “But he isn’t an ideologue.”